1. Then Joseph couldn’t control himself before all those who stood before him, and he called out, “Cause everyone to go out from me!” No one else stood with him, while Joseph made himself known to his brothers.
2. He wept aloud. The Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard.
3. Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Does my father still live?”His brothers couldn’t answer him; for they were terrified at his presence.
4. Joseph said to his brothers, “Come near to me, please.”They came near. “He said, I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.
5. Now don’t be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.